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With this new ink set, 100% Carbon Pigment Black and White Printing becomes possible on virtually all Epson printers. Eboni-6 will appeal to those who want very smooth and stable fine art prints. While the older and newer Epson large format printers were the primary targets (including the 3800, 3880, 4000, 4800, 4880, 7500, 7600, 7800, 7880, 9800, 9880 and similar printers), many Epson desktop printers can use this approach to
achieve pure carbon pigment printing.

V1.1 Update - We recently were forced to make a change to the formulation of our Eboni ink due to a supplier change to one of the components used in the Eboni formula. While the v1.1 is still a 100% Carbon pigment, it has a slightly higher optical density and a slightly warmer tone. This may require updates to any curves or workflows used by customers using our first generation Eboni. We apologize for any inconvenience that this causes, but we do not expect to have to make any further changes for many years.

With no color inks in the inkset, profiling is easier, while fading and color ink artifacts, including
metamerism and tone shifts cease to be concerns. EB6 ink is for matte paper only unless a spray fixative or coating is
used on the print.

Please fully reveiw Paul Roark's guide on the use of this ink set before your first use.
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EB6 100% Carbon Pigment Black and White Bulk Ink for Epson printers.

Currently this ink is available in bulk in 4 ounce, pint and gallon quantities.

* Note: The EB6 inkset is for Matte printing only. Currently there is no suggeted use for substituing photo black ink
for use with this inkset. Flushing reqiured prior to use of this inkset on wide format printers, and mixing this inkset with
other Ultrachrome type inks is not recommended. 48 Hour Lead Time.

WORKFLOW INSTRUCTIONS

Paul Roark has provided detailed instructions on how to use the MIS EB6 inks with variousprinters. A variety of
printing procedures or workflows can be used, including the Epson driver and QTR (Quad Tone Rip). The output can be adjusted
using the printer controls provided by Epson on the standard driver (Mac or PC).

While the ultimate in control will come with a rip like QTR, the Epson driver with an ICC made with QTRís ìCreate ICC-RGBî
will work very well. Below are several options with respect to workflows.

1. Epson Driver ñ ìColor Controlsî Checked, No curves, No ICC Most Epson models will print reasonable well with the
following driver settings: paper type = EEM, Matte Heavy Weight, or Watercolor: 1440 or Best Photo; and high speed
un-checked. Print 21-step test files to see if driver gamma setting 1.8 or 2.2 results in the most evenly distributed,
best looking test strips. The sliders might be able to improve the image. Matching how the image looks on the
monitor is usually the primary goal. Printing with only the Color Controls may result in a print slightly lighter than ideal.

2. ìColor Controlsî Checked, No Curves, ICC in Print Preview The use of an ICC in the Photoshop or Elements Print Preview
has significant advantages. Grayscale ICCs are easy to make using QTRís ìCreate ICC.î This program is part of the
QTR download. To download this program, go to QTR. An
ICC that is made for the specific printer, inkset and paper ìcolor managesî the workflow, in the sense that the
monitor will automatically give a reasonably good match to the printís relative densities.

The density order, from most to least dense is: K, C, M, LC, LM, and Y.
For the Epson 2200 ñ 9600 (K2 printers) or 2400 (and other K3 printers) the
notes on densities above indicate what inks to use in the LK and LLK positions.

The Ultratone inks are all extremely archival. Our tests indicate that they will far exceed 100 Wilhelm equivalent years.
The fade resistance data from our Atlas Weather-O-Meter will be published shortly.

WHICH PAPER TO USE

The print tones produced by the Eboni-6 inkset range from near neutral to warm,
depending on the paper used. In general, the maximum Lab B value (yellowblue
axis) indicates the warmth of the print. The higher the Lab B value, the
warmer the print will appear. The difference between the paper tone and the
maximum midtone Lab B also affects the sense of warmth, as the eye tends to
do an automatic white balance on the paper white or other white reference (like
the matte board). The maximum Lab B values have ranged from slightly
negative to about six with matte papers.
Lab A also affects tone, but it is essentially set by the paper and remains
relatively constant. A slightly positive Lab A (red/magenta) is generally preferred
to avoid the print taking on a green tint; thus all of the papers show this
characteristic to some extent.

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Any and all brand name designations or references on this site are made solely for purposes of demonstrating compatibility.
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